Las Posadas

For the city in Argentina see: Posadas, Misiones. For the city in Spain see: Posadas, Córdoba; for the founder of Posadism please see J. Posadas Las Posadas (Spanish for "The Inns") is a nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24 which is called Noche Buena ("Holy Night"). It is a yearly tradition for many Christian Latin Americans and symbolizes the trials which they believe Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay and where Jesus could be born.
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